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A year and a half later, East Brooklyn Mutual Aid has undergone multiple evolutions, organizers told City Limits in interviews this summer. In the spring of 2020, as word about the organization’s work spread, more people began volunteering, and more families reached out to ask for help. Soon they were buying produce and other food in bulk from the Restaurant Depot. Then they collaborated with a group called the Brooklyn Packers to source food in larger quantities at more affordable prices.

Power to Change is partnering with Stir to Action to offer 80 free training places on the 2021/2022 New Economy Programme, a learning and action platform to support community business.

Pachamama is a roaster and retailer of specialty coffee collectively owned by thousands of smallholder farmers across Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Ethiopia. Founded in 2006, Pachamama has been serving its producer members for nearly two decades. By working together, across borders and with US-based staff, Pachamama’s founding members were able to form the first global cooperative in North America owned by farmers outside of the country.  

October is coop month and we're offering a series of online workshops in honor of International Cooperative Principle #5: Education, Training, and Information. Learning will be applicable to coops, businesses, and nonprofits.

They can be taken in sequence together or as stand alone sessions.
Tickets are limited to ensure plenty of space for questions.

"Learning in this space was so open, relaxing, warm, and educational. Not a typical environment when talking about finances." -past workshop participant

Great news for anyone who’s into housing affordability and housing creativity.

SB-9 passed in California. The law allows more housing units to be built on existing lots.

Here’s the formula for turning a single family home into 4 homes (courtesy of the wonderful Alfred Twu).

The full guide is here.

Food sovereignty is closely linked to the overall sovereignty of a First Nation, suggests Robson. He shares a story of the Quapaw Nation. The Nation reclaimed their food sovereignty by slowly developing a food system they control, from raising bison and cattle to processing the meat products and growing vegetables, beekeeping, and roasting coffee. 

[I]n Barnes’ latest book, Ours, he...argues for inventing a broad new class of property rights known as “universal property.” Its premise is that most of today’s wealth is co-inherited from nature and past human efforts, not individually earned.

Guest speaker Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein (Associate Professor of Global Development and Political Science, University of Toronto) will speak on the future of cooperation; acknowledging black feminist economies in the Global South and beyond.

Black women in the African Diaspora engage in solidarity economies through a form of mutual aid called ROSCAs. These 'Banker Ladies' draw on ancient African traditions of Tontines and Susu that are informal and prioritize the collective.

In the United Kingdom, The Orchard Project has planted and tends over 540 community orchards across England, Scotland, and Wales since 2009. 

They notice more and more interest from people to prioritize local climate and ecological conservation. 

By challenging the oppressive role that the system has predetermined for the working class, a path is open for the “humanization” of the latter, to use a phrase by Bookchin. He insisted that this crucially depends upon the ability of workers to undo their “workerness” and advance themselves beyond class consciousness and class interest to a community consciousness — as free citizens who alone can establish a future ethical, rational, and ecological society. ^[8]

Worker cooperatives are still relatively uncommon in games, though a few high profile indie studios have popularised the business model in recent years.

Organic Valley was established in 1988 under the name CROPP (Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool). Our founding members met during the farm crisis of the late 1980s to form a cooperative that would help provide a stable pay price to farmers by growing quality organic food. Organic Valley continues to be owned by our farmers and driven by our mission. Every single farmer-member has a vote on decisions that impact the co-op, such as animal care standards and pay prices. 

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